Tropical Heat Season 2 ( Air Date 1991-09-09 ) Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Comedy category. Overview "Tropical Heat is a Canadian action series The plot revolves around private investigator, ex-DEA agent Nick Slaughter who after arriving in the fictional resort town of Key Mariah, Florida and setting up a detective agency there, met up with local tourist agent Sylvie Girard to solve a variety of different cases.".